Mechanical elevator for loading wagons.



No. 672,042. Patented Apr. l6, 190i. H. B. SACKETT.

MECHANICAL ELEVATOR FOB LOADING WAGONS.

(Application filed Dec. 8, 1900.\

(No Model.)

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HIRAM B. SACKETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MECHANICAL ELEVATOR FOR LOADING WAGONS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,042, dated April 16, 1901.

Application filed December 3, 1900. Serial No. 38,464. (No model.)

loaded into a wagon may be elevated from the ground-level to the level of the wagon by an operatorin the wagon. It is designed particularly for loading coal contained in bags.

It consists,broadly,of an elevator-platform,

an operators platform to be forced down by the weight of the operator, and cords and pulleys connecting the one with the other, so

that as one goes down the other comes up.

It further consists of details hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention,

shown on sectional lines 1 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view,

2 5 the lever on one side being broken away,showing the roller. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the elevatorplatform partially raised. Fig. 5 is a View at right angles to Fig. 4.

A represents the upright frame; B, the

0 elevator-platform; O, the platformffor the operator; D, the pulleys; E, the cords passing over the pulleys; F F, the levers which carry the platform 0; G G, the brackets on which the levers F F are hinged; H, the base-support;

I, the guides which the platform B moves in;

J, the weights attached to the platform B, and K the step for the operator. 7

The operation of myinvention is as follows: The bag of coal or similar article to be ele- 4o vated is placed upon the platform B when it is in its lowest position, as shown in Fig. 1, and the operator then steps upon the platform C and his weight forces it down and brings up the platform B. The lever F, striking upon the bracket G, brings the elevator to a stop at a point where the two platforms are opposite one another. The operator then removes the load from the platform B and steps off of the platform 0, and the weights J carry platform B down and 0 up into the original position ready for another load. In this way two operators, one on the ground and one in the wagon, can load a wagon with little effort and in short time.

. A step K is provided for the operator alongside of the platform as an assistance to him in stepping on or oif of the platform.

Handles L are attached to the levers F, so that, if desired, the elevator can be operated by the operator on the ground or in the wagon by hand.

Rollers M are put in the base to assist in moving the elevator about.

The weights J age just sufi'icient to bring the platform B promptly down to the ground.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described elevator for loading wagons, consistingof the combination of the frame A, the platform B, for receiving the load, the platform 0, for receiving the weight of the operator, the levers F F, upon which the platform 0 is attached, the pulleys D, and cords E, attached one end to one platform and the other end to the other; all substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described elevator for loading wagons, consisting of the combination of the frame A, the platform B, the platform 0, the levers F F, to which the platform 0 is attached, the pulleys D, the cords E, passing over said pulleys and attached one end to one platform and the other-end to the other, and the handles L, upon said platform 0; all substantially as shown and described.

HIRAM B. SAOKET'I.

Witnesses:

LoUIs V. Ln MOYNE, CHARLES J. DRIEVER. 

